Arc 21Chapters 503–509
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Du Mu defeated two Life-Model Decoys, obtained the second Darkhold Fragment, and learned from Skye how Aida was replacing S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. After accepting Skye’s quest to eliminate the impostors, he joined her in hunting them and reached an isolation room filled with Skye lookalikes.
Du Mu uncovered the Framework plot and learned that replaced S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were trapped in a virtual world, then volunteered to help rescue them. When Skye said he had no virtual copy to enter the Framework, Du Mu introduced his AI, Ultron, as a way to create an account.
Du Mu entered the Framework World with Skye and Simmons to investigate Aida’s altered reality, where Hydra ruled and S.H.I.E.L.D. was forbidden. He began trying to convince Coulson that his life was a simulation, but Coulson panicked when Hydra came to arrest him and failed to escape through a twelfth-floor window.
Du Mu rescued Coulson from a Hydra convoy, then convinced him that their world was a virtual prison and offered him a choice between staying or returning to reality. After a news bulletin identified them as wanted criminals, Coulson chose to leave with Du Mu, who said they first had to rescue other trapped S.H.I.E.L.D. agents from Hydra headquarters.
Du Mu reunited with Skye and Simmons, learned about the surviving S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the virtual world, and planned to gather them and retrieve Fitz and the others. Although he claimed his abilities were sealed, Ultron’s cheats let him wipe out Hydra forces, restore Skye’s powers, and equip the group with combat enhancements.
Du Mu and the others escaped Hydra’s attack with Ultron’s bizarre navigation, then hid in an underground garage. With their identities exposed, Du Mu changed their character models so they could disguise themselves before their next move.
Du Mu and Coulson stormed Hydra Headquarters to rescue their allies, while Skye and Simmons recruited S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to escape the Framework. After Aida sent May and two powerful men to stop them, Du Mu faced the attackers and revealed that he could block a blade with his bare hand.